tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377960385472311063.post5436277255664914634..comments2023-08-13T00:48:47.603-07:00Comments on Grammar Tip of the Day: "The reason is that" not "The reason is because"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377960385472311063.post-6210378834327344992016-12-05T04:37:23.618-08:002016-12-05T04:37:23.618-08:00The reasoning objects and values would bring aroun...The reasoning objects and values would bring around more of the possible values for the students to regard about. <a href="http://www.spellingchecker.org/commonly-misspelled-words-a-top-from-medical-spell-checker/" rel="nofollow">commonly misspelled medical terms</a>Jimmy Slaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13975051616892315813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377960385472311063.post-72290194723056076922013-03-07T13:43:24.751-08:002013-03-07T13:43:24.751-08:00The only problem about this so-called rule is that...The only problem about this so-called rule is that it contradicts normal usage amongst all sorts of writers, including P.G.Wodehouse, Hemingway, Robert Frost and William Faulkner (Merriam-Webster Dictionary of English Usage). Like "the reason why", it is perfectly good idiomatic English, redundancy and predicative-nominatives notwithstanding.Warsaw Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373568589613033674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377960385472311063.post-23400343796313381182012-10-12T04:31:57.747-07:002012-10-12T04:31:57.747-07:00i found the rule simple enough, and whether or not...i found the rule simple enough, and whether or not other writers historically use such forms does not preclude such forms from being unnecessary. communication is usually clearer when it is concise.<br />even were there no rule regarding such language forms, "the reason is the why is the because" as a rule can always help create simple and clear sentence structure without being redundant, unless being redundant is preferable.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14716261584244675494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377960385472311063.post-62401064752708692912012-10-06T20:20:22.853-07:002012-10-06T20:20:22.853-07:00The good rules of a language are to be respected -...The good rules of a language are to be respected - especially the highly advanced English. The reason is that it shows coherent logic along with common sense.getitrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369107592649228265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377960385472311063.post-20674552468753789822012-06-07T10:15:34.184-07:002012-06-07T10:15:34.184-07:00"The only reason the buddies in V.R.8 can hea..."The only reason the buddies in V.R.8 can hear the little burst of applause from the foyer is because Struck won't hesitate to pause and consider silently as long as he has to."<br />E.g., Infinite Jest p.120, by no less of a prescriptive grammarian than DF Wallace, who uses the same structure repeatedly. Some of these rules become so technical their purpose is lost. Even the prescriptives make room for certain usages where the meaning remains clear and there is no loss of logic. This is one such usage.Doris Gets Her Oatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12359724190527492864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377960385472311063.post-8025145443650409302011-10-09T15:02:29.430-07:002011-10-09T15:02:29.430-07:00This has nothing to do with adverbial clauses or p...This has nothing to do with adverbial clauses or predicative nominatives or any such thing, but quite simply with the fact that 'the reason is because' gives us an unnecessary doubling. Either 'the reason is that' or 'it is because'. No complicated syntax involved here, just simple logic.Hanna Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09379731038070249884noreply@blogger.com